When Henry David Thoreau went to the woods "to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life ... to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life," he was abandoning all the encumbrances of his time and returning to a simple existence.

Take a dollop of urban dance, a snippet of Cirque du Soleil, mix in a triple lutz, or two, or three, and voila. You have Le Patin Libre, a groundbreaking Montreal-based performance company that is built on the speed and grace of skating on ice.

Ottawa Comiccon continues to pile up the guests for this year's gathering.
The latest is Richard Dean Anderson, MacGyver himself. The TV show ran for seven seasons and was seen in more than 50 countries.